PTYS students travel to the Chiricahua National Monument for Spring 2026 field trip.
2026 Spring Department News
Dolores Hill first came to work at the University of Arizona in 1981 for Laurel Wilkening and Bill Boynton who collaborated on a studies of chondrule and CAI rims. Dolores trained students and visiting researchers in NAA techniques and worked alongside them to ensure their success. She was privileged
The Art of Planetary Science had over 450 artists, scientists, and community members participate and visit this years event themed "Space Through Our Lens".
Audrie Fennema is the recipient of the LPL Excellence Award for 2026 in the category of Science/Engineering Staff.
Erma Santander is the recipient of the LPL Staff Excellence Award for 2026 in the category of Administrative Staff.
Professor Emeritus Uwe Fink passed away on 18 January 2026 after a brief illness. Fink was born in Germany in 1939, spending his early childhood under difficult circumstances during the Third Reich. At the end of World War II, his family found themselves in Göppingen in the American Zone
Karl Harshman passed away on January 28, 2026 following a long-fought battle with cancer.
Karl served as our Science & Processing Operations Center (SPOC) Manager for OSIRIS-APEX. His SPOC leadership began on OSIRIS-REx, where he stepped into the role a year before launch, at a time when
Angela Tatsch is a Planetary Geosciences major with an additional Geosciences (Geophysics emphasis) major and a Mathematics minor. Since she was young, Angela followed NASA missions such as OSIRIS-REx, so when the new Planetary Geosciences major was announced her junior year, she quickly signed up.
Angela’s favorite
Olivia Cox is a Planetary Geosciences major with a minor in Astrobiology. Olivia always knew she wanted to study the Solar System, but was not sure which major would best align with this interest. She took a geology class in her freshman year, and learned she also liked
The AABC Seed Grant program is an opportunity to foster creative, ambitious, and interdisciplinary scholarship and engagement in the expansive field of astrobiology.